Each year, Sport Tourism Canada hosts Sport Events Congress (SEC), the largest sports tourism gathering in the country. This year, more than 300 people—representing national and provincial sports organizations, event rights holders and planners, event management firms, destination tourism professionals, and elected officials—travelled to Calgary, AB, to attend the event…
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Curling's largest event, the 2025 Montana's Brier, is just around the corner, taking place from February 28 to March 9 at Prospera Place. In support of this highly anticipated event, we’ve compiled a comprehensive toolkit for local businesses to help them maximize their participation, engage with attendees, and drive traffic to their business. …
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The Kelowna Rockets have announced their intent to bid for the right to host the 2026 Memorial Cup. As part of the Canadian Hockey League’s rotation of the event, the Western Hockey League is scheduled to host the Memorial Cup in late May 2026. If successful in their bid, it would be the second time…
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Each year, Sport Tourism Canada hosts Sport Event Congress (SEC), the largest sports tourism gathering in the country. This year, more than 300 people—representing national and provincial sports organizations, event right holders and planners, event management firms, destination tourism professionals, and elected officials—travelled to Winnipeg, MB, to attend the event…
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Applications for the B.C. Fairs, Festivals, and Events Fund (BCFFE), launched in 2021 by the Provincial Government to assist in the recovery of the hard-hit events industry, are being accepted until 11:59 p.m. PST on February 25, 2024. …
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The second edition of the Pan Continental Curling Championships will take place at the Kelowna Curling Club from October 29 to November 4, 2023…
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Applications for the B.C. Fairs, Festivals, and Events Fund (BCFFE), launched in 2021 by the Provincial Government to assist in the recovery of the hard-hit events industry, are now being accepted. …
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Hockey's fiercest rivals are facing off in Kelowna this November! Canada's National Women's Hockey team will make its way to Kelowna and Kamloops in November 2022 to compete against the U.S. Women's National Team in the Rivalry Series. …
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On Wednesday, July 28, Melanie Mark, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, announced that Kelowna had won the right to host the 2026 BC Summer Games. From July 23 - 26, 2026, Kelowna will welcome over 4,000 athletes, coaches, support personnel, and families to our city for the biennial multisport competition…
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For the second year in a row, Kelowna has been nationally recognized by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) as the top mid-size city (population 50,000 – 150,000) in Canada for sport hosting. The award recognizes the collaboration between the City of Kelowna and Tourism Kelowna on attracting national championships and international competitions hosted in 2019 and those awarded for 2020 and beyond…
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